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We know our friends by their defects rather than by their merits.

W. Somerset Maugham

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Anyone can tell the truth, but only very few of us can make epigrams.
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To recognize it you must repeat the adventure of the artist. It is a melody that he sings to you, and to hear it again in your own heart you want knowledge and sensitiveness and imagination.
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They have no manners and are woefully unable to deal with any social predicament. Their idea of a celebration is to go to a public house and drink six beers. They are mean, malicious and envious . They are scum.
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It is dangerous to let the public behind the scenes. They are easily disillusioned and then they are angry with you, for it was the illusion they loved.
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To bear failure with courage is the best proof of character that anyone can give.
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The essence of the beautiful is unity in variety.
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Death doesn’t affect the living because it has not happened yet. Death doesn’t concern the dead because they have ceased to exist.
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The well dressed man is he whose clothes you never notice
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When you are young you take the kindness people show you as your right.
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Of all these the richest in beauty is the beautiful life. That is the perfect work of art.
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There are two good things in life – freedom of thought and freedom of action.
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The essential element of love is a belief in its own eternity.
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Tolerance is only another name for indifference.
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When you are reconciled to the fact that each is for himself in the world you will ask less from your fellows. They will not disappoint you, and you will look upon them more charitably.
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Simplicity and naturalness are the truest marks of distinction.
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One can be very much in love with a woman without wishing to spend the rest of one’s life with her.
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